Rain & Snow

[xxMATTGxx]

It seems Notch and the gang are bringing back rain and snow in 1.5.

Notch has currently stated on his twitter:

"Adding rain and snow to 1.5."

"Ice and snow will regrow, farms will autowater"

"Wolves get wet in the rain. Crops will get watered. Anything else it should affect?"

Edit:

@notch Will the weather be temporary (time-based)? So it's not ON/OFF in the config.

Answer from Notch: Yep


https://twitter.com/#!/notch/

I've only ever experienced snow in a full snowy map before it was taken out. Thoughts? I think it will be pretty cool to bring back and hopefully it will affect some gameplay. I also hope they have it optional so we can turn it on and off if we don't want to ever experience it.

Thoughts?

[Firework.]

I thought you meant irl
i was like
what they r bringing back rain and snow? :-l

[xxMATTGxx]

I thought you meant irl
i was like
what they r bringing back rain and snow? :-l

LOL, you noob. I did post it in the "Minecraft" section for a reason

[Johno]

I like the idea of the rain for watering crops, not too fussed about snow though

[xxMATTGxx]

I like the idea of the rain for watering crops, not too fussed about snow though

Yeah, he's also stated he won't make it so it solidified lava but it will put out any fires.

[Firework.]

LOL, you noob. I did post it in the "Minecraft" section for a reason

I only realised when at the end you said
"hopefully it will affect some gameplay"

I was like ahhh i see

[Chris]

Sounds like a nice feature to have, it'll make it more realistic. ^_^

[xxMATTGxx]

Looks like there will be some sort of thunder and lighting as well.

[jackass]

Sounds pretty cool to me!

Seasons would be good too, so the snow will only fall in Winter, and it'll be sunnier & hotter in summer, and in certain heats, crops will need more water and cooling or something. Trees can go brown in autumn and leaves can fall off!

[redtom]

Notch has also confirmed that the piston mod is going to be implemented (SWEET!) in one of the coming up versions, 1.5 will be out next week (if all goes well) which will included weather, stats and achievements. Ohh and the Release Data is 11/11/11

11/11/11

We had a board meeting today, which felt relatively grown up and mature. We had it at a nice asian restaurant, and there was food, drinks and coffee. Carl held a nice presentation, showing the progress of the company, and we discussed and voted about various details on where to go and what to do. The most relevant parts for Minecraft is that we decided to bring in bug fixing into the development method in a more clear way so that people working customer support can add them as tasks for us, and that we finally set a release date for Minecraft.

It’s a bit tricky to really do a release for Minecraft as we keep updating it all the time. For one, the version we deem as the “full version” won’t be very different at all from what the game was like a week ago, and we’ll keep adding features after the release as well, so it’s really more of a milestone when we finally get rid of the Beta label, and some kind of goal for us to work towards. The plan is to be open with this and try to get people to cheer us on as much as possible, but to be open with the fact that the game won’t change much at the actual release day. (It’s more a progress up until that point)

We picked November 11, with the unofficial tagline “us too”.

It’s the same date as a few other games and movies, and the one I’m the most excited about is Skyrim, so that will be a nice reward for me if we actually manage to hit that date!

And, in case you want an update on Minecraft:

We’ve been working on finishing up Achievements and Statistics for 1.5, I ran into some issues with JSON, got frustrated, and added weather instead. Developing new features like that is what I enjoy doing the most, so I ended up covering a lot of ground. There’s periodic downfall (snow in snowy areas, rain in others, nothing in deserts) that make the sky darker, hides the sun, moon and stars, and makes everything wet. Ice grows back in cold regions, and snowfall covers the ground when it’s snowing. During rain/snow, there can be occasional thunderstorms with lightning. I haven’t finished the actual lightning bolt yet, but everything else is fairly done.
Once the stats are done and the weather has been tested through, we’ll release 1.5. I’m guessing this will be next week. The piston mod might get added, but it will not be in time for 1.5.

From Notch's blog.